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    "id": 1347082,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1347082/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kirinyaga, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njeri Maina",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is very imperative for Members of Parliament to be honest to the citizens of this nation. There is no other way that any Government raises money internally besides collection of revenue. I always hear Members lobbying for projects in their constituencies such as roads, amenities and infrastructure, and I wonder where they expect money to come from. This sessional paper brought forth by my very good friend, Hon. Kuria Kimani, Member of Parliament for Molo Constituency, is going to ensure equity and fairness. It is going to act as a guide for any other future legislation in regard to taxation. It is populist to throw words around, to dim or purport to defend and protect the interests of the people, whereas we are really not telling them the real dire situation that this country has been in for years. Perhaps what we should be questioning and demanding, is to ensure that the money collected and/or borrowed, is applied to the benefit of Kenyans in this nation. What we should be angling at is to ensure that our health sector, which is ailing in many parts of this country, our education sector, and other infrastructure like roads are improved. There was an uproar here when there was a proposition to cut the budget for road infrastructure. So, it is doublespeak for Members to seem to be aggressively fighting against a sessional paper that is going to ensure that there is equity in all constituencies of this nation. I support this very timely Sessional Paper for the betterment of our nation."
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